Cormac mac Ciaran
Abbot of Tuam, Ireland
Cormac mac Ciaran (died 879) was Abbot of Tuam.
Cormac mac Ciaran is the fourth known abbot of Tuam, since its foundation as a Christian monastery by Jarlath in the 520's, and the first one known by name in over one hundred years.
According to his obituary in the Annals of the Four Masters, he was also Prior of Clonfert.
Events which occurred during his lifetime included:
- 857 – A peace conference held at Rath Aedha Mic Bric, overseen by King Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid.
- 859 – The battle of Druim Da Mhaighe; Máel Sechnaill defeats the Vikings of Dublin.
- 862 – Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid dies on 27 November.
- 864 – Osraighe slaughters the Vikings, with Cinnedidh mac Gaithin, at Mindroichet.
- 870 – The plundering of the men of the Three Plains, and of the Comanns as far as Sliabh Bladhma by Vikings.
- 874 – Ruaidhri, son of Mormind, King of Britain, came to Ireland, to shun the Dubhghoill.
- 877 – The first year of Flann Sinna, the son of Maelsechlainn, in sovereignty over Ireland.
- 878 – The oratory of Cianan was plundered and destroyed by the foreigners.
Preceded by Feardomhnach? | Abbot of Tuam ?–879 | Succeeded by Litan |
Preceded by Connagan | Prior of Clonfert 849?–879 | Succeeded by Aedh mac Ailell |
References
- Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Annals of Tigernach at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Revised edition of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin.
- Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
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6th—12th centuries
- Iarlaithe mac Loga
- Nuada ua Bolcain
- Feardomhnach
- Cormac mac Ciaran
- Litan
- Mughron Ua Níoc
- Áed Ua hOissín
12th—16th centuries
- Áed Ua h-Oissín
- Cadla Ua Dubthaig
- Felix Ua Ruanada
- Máel Muire Ó Lachtáin
- Flann Mac Flainn
- Walter de Saleron
- Tommaltach Ó Conchobair
- Nicol Mac Flainn
- Malachias Hibernicus
- Stephen de Fulbourn
- William de Bermingham
- Máel Sechlain Mac Áeda
- Tomás MacCearbhaill
- Eóin Ó Gráda
- Gregorius Ó Mocháin I
- Gregorius Ó Mocháin II
- Uilliam Ó Cormacáin
- Muircheartach mac Pilib Ó Ceallaigh
- John Babingle
- Cornelius
- Sean Mac Feorais
- Tomás mac Muircheartaigh Ó Ceallaigh
- John MacSeonin Burke
- Donatus Ó Muireadhaigh
- Walter Blake fitz John
- Uilliam Seóighe
- Philip Pinson
- Muiris Ó Fithcheallaigh
- Tomás Ó Maolalaidh
- Christopher Bodkin
- Arthur O'Friel
16th—21st centuries
- Nicholas Skerrett
- Maol Muire Ó hÚigínn
- Seamus Ó hÉilidhe
- Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire
- Malachy Ó Caollaidhe
- John de Burgh
- James Lynch
- Francis Burke
- Bernard O'Gara
- Michael O'Gara
- Michael Skerrett
- Philip Phillips
- Boetius Egan
- Edward Dillon
- Oliver Kelly
- John MacHale
- John McEvilly
- John Healy
- Thomas Gilmartin
- Joseph Walsh
- Joseph Cunnane
- Joseph Cassidy
- Michael Neary
- Francis Duffy
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